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Character Quotes
"The narrative constructs the identity of the character, what can be called his or her narrative identity, in constructing that of the story told. It is the identity of the story that makes the identity of the character."
53
"I am convinced, the way one plays chess always reflects the player's personality. If something defines his character, then it will also define his way of playing."
50
"Things will be very bad for Latin America. You only have to consider the ambitions and the doctrines of the empire, which regards this region as its backyard."
50
"Sharpe is my favorite role of all that I've played. He's a very complex character. He knows that he's a good soldier, but he will always have to fight the prejudice of aristocratic officers because of his rough working-class upbringing. On the battlefield, he's full of confidence - but off it, he is unsure, a bit shy and ill at ease."
50
"The fact that political ideologies are tangible realities is not a proof of their vitally necessary character. The bubonic plague was an extraordinarily powerful social reality, but no one would have regarded it as vitally necessary."
49
"National character is only another name for the particular form which the littleness, perversity and baseness of mankind take in every country. Every nation mocks at other nations, and all are right."
43
"It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy - from lack of character."
41
"If you don't have enemies, you don't have character."
34
"My influences were Peter Sellers and the great British character actors."
34
"I would like to think that I'm more different from my character than I am."
31
"All greatness of character is dependent on individuality. The man who has no other existence than that which he partakes in common with all around him, will never have any other than an existence of mediocrity."
30
"When you have to play a character that seems to be a relatively decent person and seems to be like yourself, I think the trick in that kind of character, so that you don't become a cliche, is to find where their weaknesses are."
30
"A clown's makeup and character, that's all he has to sell. He loves and believes in that character."
30
"The thing you do is escape from them by immersing myself in the character you're playing."
28
"Forget the beauty, comfort, love and enjoyment. You must to be enough tough on yourself to be strong on others."
28
"Even among the married, sexual satisfaction must not be sought in a way which disregards man's character as a person and degrades him to the animal level."
26
"I use colors to bring fine points of story and character."
26
"I had a blast, but I still wonder sometimes why they saw me as the perfect guy for this strange character."
26
"I try to use all of my senses when describing a setting, and try to think of everything that would impact a character in any given scene."
25
"Character, like a photograph, develops in darkness."
24
"Young men and women are to build-up a strong character. A nation's greatness was reflected in the character of her people. If it was sullied by selfishness, such a people could not prosper or achieve great things. Selfishness had its place in life as everyone had to look to his own needs and that of his family, but it could not be made the be - all and end - all of life."
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"What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character?"
23
"My initial response was to sue her for defamation of character, but then I realized that I had no character."
23
"My favorite roles usually have to do with the story, if it's a good story I usually enjoy doing the character."
23
"It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment."
23
"The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have."
22
"Weird, but sometimes I feel more like my cartoon character than I do Lizzie because she's a little more edgy and snappy."
22
"There starts to be an overlap between you and the character."
22
"Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth."
22
"Character is destiny and character is important to American campaigns."
22
"Being reliable is something. Being good."
22
"I definitely have character arcs in mind for each character unless I kill them."
22
"Everyone tries to define this thing called Character. It's not hard. Character is doing what's right when nobody's looking."
21
"During my eighty-seven years I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of them has done away with the need for character in the individual or the ability to think."
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"I guess because I pay so much attention to the physical part of the character, I don't look upon it as like Charlize Theron up there. I don't think of them as like Charlize Theron films."
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